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Making Taiwan the Ukraine of the East

by Vijay Prashad, published on Consortium News, February 9, 2023 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines met with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Malacañang Palace in Manila on Feb. 2, where they agreed to expand the U.S. military presence in the country. In a joint statement, the two governments agreed to “announce their plans to accelerate the full implementation of[…]

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US Chip War Hurts Taiwan

by Uriel Araujo, published on InfoBRICS, December 5, 2022 Once settled in the US, TSMC  will have to pay higher wages and deal with U.S. constraints.   It will once and for all lose it’s previous main buyer, Huawei.   So yes, Taiwan will lose, but the US may not win.  This imperial initiative to control critical resources may well result in[…]

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A People’s Analysis of a World on Fire

by Manuel Bertoldi, published on People’s Dispatch, September 24, 2022 The following article is a summary of debates and reflections within the organization ALBA Movimientos, which were discussed during the last meeting of the International Peoples’ Assembly. These are observations made based on the daily reality in which the peoples of the world exist: in a turbulent world with an[…]

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Anti-War Voices Warn US Bill on Taiwan ‘Will Make War Much More Likely’

by Brett Wilkins, published on Common Dreams, September 15, 2022 Sen. Ed Markey, who voted against the measure, said lawmakers must “do everything we can to avoid a situation that could draw two nuclear-armed countries into a conflict.” A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill to dramatically boost American military support for Taiwan, a move that prompted warnings[…]

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US Provocations Over Taiwan and Beijing’s Steady Remedy

by Brian Berletic, published on New Eastern Outlook, September 2, 2022 The early August visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took place amid heavy protests from Beijing. The visit was a blatant violation of Washington’s bilateral agreement with Beijing regarding the “One China” policy as well as a violation of international law regarding political independence and territorial integrity. As[…]

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What the Media Gets Wrong About Taiwan’s Place in China

by Brendan Devlin, published in Friends of Socialist China, August 15, 2022               Reprinted from Passage. Brendan sets out some vital contemporary and historical facts with regard to the Taiwan situation as a necessary corrective at a time when the corporate media essentially serve to uncritically amplify the US-led narrative. He shows how China’s 1842 defeat in the first Opium[…]

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U.S. Media Hide Military Threats vs. China

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, August 9, 2022 Why has there been almost no coverage of what was taking place at the same time multi-millionaire Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was visiting Taiwan? Consider what is being said, as well as what is totally omitted, in the U.S. coverage of China’s naval action around Taiwan. The U.S.[…]

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